Line-casting machine.



D. S. KENNEDY.

Patented 06e. 27, 1914.

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D. S. KENNEDY. LINE CASTING MACHINE. lAJPLIo/ylolv FILED MAY e, 1911.

Patented Oct. 27, l19Min.

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AVID S. KENNEDY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGENTHALER LINO- TYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

LINE-CASTING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented ct. 27, 1914.

Toall whom 'it may concern.'

Be it known that I, DAVID S. KENNEDY, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings. and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Im rovement in Line-Casting Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to linotype machines, and Inore particularly to that Class thereof wherein a plurality of independent magazines are employed, and wherein the distributing mechanism automatically distributes the matrices to the proper tubes or channels in` the respective magazines. It is often foun'd desirable to have conveniently at hand a considerable numberof matrices representing additional characters, and it is to this end that I employ a plurality of magazines, the escapements of' which are controlled by independent keyboards, vand whereby they are d'elivered to a common belt, which in turn conveys them to the assembling point, and wherein a common dis- 'tributing rail .redelivers the matrices to their respective magazines. In these and many essential respects the generalv construction is similarto hat shown and described in the patent to Muehleisen, No. (308,067, granted July 26th,'1898. Y

Although only two magazines are herein illustrated, it will be obvious that the common assembling and distributing mechanisms may be extended to include any num- -ber of additional ones.

It is a prominent feature of my invention to construct the machine so that one. ormore oi these magazines may be removed and replaced by others, such removal and replacement not necessarily atl'ectiug the relation oi' the. substituted 4magazine lo its lmyboard and the common assembling devices, although if it contain a dillcrcnt number oi. receptacles or channels` or it .fre eceptacles or channels are intended to contain inatrices oi greater or less thiclncss, it becomes necessary to alter the distributing meeha-,

nisin.

In the Muehleisen patent previously refered lo, the magazines are arranged side by side and an integral distrilnlting` bar or rail is provided which extends entirely across tlie mouths of the. channels in both magazines. Ii' such constructiim were closely iollowed in the present case, it would be necessary to change the entire, distributor liar,

when a magazine is substituted containing matrices ot' greater or less thickness. As it is my purpose to permit the employment of a considerable variety of such interchangeable magazines, it would then loe necessary 6g to have a correspondiugly large va-riety of distributor bars or rails, Jformed with diiferent combiilations and permutations o'f the distrilniting` grooves. .This would involve great expense and inconvenience, and it is a principal feature of my present invention to dispense with such necessity. I therefore specifically employ a distributer bar or rail which consists of detachable sections,.each section corresponding to one of the magazines in use, so that when another magazine is substituted for one of them, the section of the distributor bar corresponding thereto may be removed and replaced by an appropriate section without disturbing or atl'ecting the section which co-acts with the magazine left in position. It will be understood of course that it may not be necessary to remove the distributer bar section each time the corresponding magazine is re- 30 moved, as in certain circumstances the substituted magazine may not require it. The point is that in some cases the distributer bar section is not adapted to distribute the matrices to a substituted magazine and it g5 then becomes necessary to replace it by another otl different form.

'lhe accon'ipanying drawings illustrate a linotype machine having my invention apv plied thereto, and except as herein-after specilically set "forth, it may be of the general type illustrated in Letters Patent No. 436,532, to (i). Mergentlntler, granted September lo, 18510, or the Muehleisen patent previously mentioned.

lVhile I illustrate a preferred embodiment oi' nl v' invention, it will be obvious that many changes and alterations may be made therein without departing from its spirit. 'lhusI for instance, it may be simi- 100 larly used in connection with type setting machines, or in Vfact any kind of typographical machine; and I therefore desire it to be, distinctly ui'idcrstoml that I do not limit myselic to any specific form or embodiment exceln. in so tar as such limitations arc specified in the claims. i

vReferring to the drawings: Figi'ue 1 is a perspective view of a,linotype machine einbodying my ii'iveution; Fig. 2 is a detached 110 ent invention.

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View, partly brok'en away, of'the keyboard mechanism for the supplemental magazine; and Fig. 3 is a detail View showing the sectional construction of the distributer rail or` bar.

Referring to the drawings, and generally speaking, 'the matrices are stored in the magazines A and A1 and are released there from by the proper manipulation. of the respective keyboards B and B1, whereby they are delivered upon the common assembling belt C, and by it in turn to the assembler D,

from which the composed line is transferred to the casting mechanism li. After the linotype iscast in the usual manner, the matf rices are conveyed to the top of the machine and there transferred to the distributer bar or rail F and F1, from which they drop into the magazines A and A1.

In present instance I have shown one additional or supplemental magazine A1, in

line with the magazine A, to contain the' extra matrices which may be desired from time to time in composition, and from which they pass to their common assembling belt C. The matrices are controlled and released from the magazine A1 by ordinary escape ment devices, which are not hereinv specifically `describedl and illustrated for the reasonthat they constitute n'o part of my pres- (l These escapements are actu- 'rom the secondary or supplemental keyboard B1 (see particularly Fig. 2),

whi h is provided With appropriate linger piec s, such as the push buttons 132, B1, corresp nding tothe several matrices contained 1n t e magazine. The operating connections from the push buttons B2, B2, may be of any desired construction,` and vare herein convghtionally illustrated as comprising pivoted `levers BS, B, actuated by the push buttons f B2, B2, and m turn operating the escapement reeds or hails B1, B1, which act upon the escapement de vices, not shown.

The magazine A1 may be removed from *Y its position and replaced by another select ed magazme, and m order to facilitate this typo of machine, the distributor bar or rail is extended entirely across the upper v ends ot' both magazines so as to carry and deliver the matrices to their appropriate nuance channels in either of them, and in the present instance the general principle remains the same, the matrices being passed along the rail portion' i?, -from which they drop into the magazine n, and then along the continued portion F1 from which they drop into the magazine A1. in order, however, to adapt the machine to a variety of interchangeable magazines, l construct the rai` in two separablesections F and F1 (see par -ticularly Fig. which may be detachably secured together in any desired manner, as

for instance by a bolt lf2. in Fig. 3 the rail section l." is shown formed with sustaining lips or teeth .for the matrices of considerably greater extent than the similar sustaining lips or teeth on the sect-ion F2, this diilg'erence being indicated by the dotted lines'l, l, l, in connection with the section l?, and the' dotted lines 2,' 2, 2, in connection with the section F1. Assuming by way of example, that for the magazine' A1 another. magazine should be substituted containing a different number of'tubes or receptacles, or to carry matrices having a different thickness from those carried by the previous magazine A1, it will be necessary that the distributer bar above the new magazine be formed with diierent sustaining lips or teeth and o1 corresporulingly different ein tent. My improved ,construction enables me' to comply with this requirement without removing the entire distributer rail from the machine and substituting another therefor, as all that is necessary is to replace the section F1 vby one corresponding in formation, and permutation to the new matrices which are brought into play by the new magazine.

In other words, this sectional construction or' the distributer bar, and the detachable connection, allow me to adapt the distribnting .mechanism to any change oit matrix or face with the minimum ot expense and trouble. I

As previously stated, numerous modications such as will suggest themselves to those skilled in the art may be made in my construction and its adaptation without departing from the spirit of my invention.

llaa/ing thus describedd my invention, its construction and mode of operation, what l claim 'and desire to secure by Letters Patents oi the'United States, is as follows:

l. Distributing mechanism for typographical machines comprising sections formed with character distributing combinations, one ot' said sections being replaceable at will by a section ot .dissimilar character to eliicct an alteration in or rearrangenrent of the distributing combinations ofthe distributinfnr meel'ianism.

2. toothed distributor bar for linotype machines con'iprisi'ng a se tion replaceable at will` by a section olf il ,similar character to ell'eet an alteration in or re-arran:rement Larnaca of the tooth combinations of the distributor bar.

3, in a typographical machine, the combination of a plurality of magazines, one re.

distributing mechanism may be altered to correspond to dierent magazines.

4. in a typogra hical machine, the combii 'nation of a plura ity of magazines, one removable at will from the machine', anddistributing mechanism therefor comprising a,

toothed distributor bar formed in seotions,' one for each magazine, the section correspondin to the removable magazine being -replacea le at will by a section corresponding to a substituted ma ezine.

ln testimony Whereo .I hereunto set my A hand this 4th day of May, 1911, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

DAVID S. KENNEDY.

Witnessesz JOHN R. Rooms, I ARTHUR PAINE. 

